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10 reasons to entrust your data to PostgreSQL
- Data integrity. PostgreSQL respects the ACID rules and preserves referential integrity.
- Freedom. PostgreSQL's BSD Licence is simple and non-ambiguous : you can use, modify and redistribute it freely.
- Standard compliance. PostgreSQL is very consistent with the recommandations of the ANSI SQL standards.
- Clear and robust source code. PostgreSQL contributors are particularly attentive and rigorous in order to ensure the quality of each version.
- Performance. Numerous studies show that PostgreSQL is able to compete with the best DBMS on the marketplace.
- Scalability. Thanks to its excellent adaptation to any kind of infrastructure, PostgreSQL allows optimal use of resources.
- Native full text search engine. PostgreSQL's expression search functions are among the simpliest and fastest on the marketplace.
- Many stored procedures languages : PL/pgSQL, PL/Perl, PL/PHP, PL/Python, PL/Ruby, PL/Java …
- Multiple solutions for replication. PostgreSQL offers a wide range of mechanisms for high availability (synchronous, asynchronous, master-slave, multi-master …)
- An active international community. PostgreSQL is an independant project, supported by hundreds of individuals and corporations.